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Monday, 5 May 2014

A little Alteration

A few years ago (yes I mean years and probalby about 5 or more !!!!) I bought this .....

Now I know what you're thinking - why did you buy this? Well, I bought it with the intention of improving it's look !!!!!

For over five year's this little drawer unit has sat on my shelf looking at me begging to be turned into something of beauty, and finally the transformation began :-)

First I covered it in some tissue paper from 7 Gypsies.

Then I left it for a week, just to make sure that it was all dry - I used a lot of Decoupatch glue !!!

This week, I routed through my stash to find some vintage type embellishments to make it look pretty.

I used the same Decoupatch glue to stick on the paper embellishments and then used my hot glue gun for the rest. Once it was all dry, I added a little Gold Wax Patina here and there, which finished it off nicely.

Here are the individual drawers

I used all sorts of stuff, most of which I have no idea where it came from lol !!!

Here are a few photos of the finished unit.

I am soooo pleased with how this has turned out. I can't wait to get started on another similar project. I need to source more "junk" as hubby calls it, but that will, of course, be a pleasure to do too!!!

(I haven't got a clue where most of it came from though so it could take a while finding more, if anyone knows of any good online sources of "junk" please let me know)

This is SO wonderful! A lot of work, it seems, but it's worth every minute you spent with it. Please tell me about the drawer: is it cardboard or is this a wooden piece? I looks so sturdy and solid! Real nice work,hugs serafeena

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I'm married to Simon (my Technical Department aka HubbyTech Ink) and we have 2 lovely boys, Edward and William. We also have 2 beautiful "lazy" cats - a Bengal called Thomas and a Savannah called Erin - as well as two energetic Maine Coons called Orion and Red. I work full-time, which gives me some spare cash to spend feeding my card-making addiction. I've been making cards for about 7 years and am totally hooked !!!

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